25 Feb 2015

Syrian analyst and ISIS expert on NZ deployment decision

From Nine To Noon, 9:23 am on 25 February 2015

ISIS Inside the Army of Terror Hassan Hassan Michael Weiss book coverHassan Hassan is the author of an acclaimed new book on the Islamic State.

Revelations in the book ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, include that IS used United States-run prisons in Iraq as boot camps for militants.

Mr. Hassan is a Syrian analyst, based at the Delma Institute, a research center in Abu Dhabi.

Hassan Hassan speaks to Kathryn Ryan.